This is true, though most "healthy" people do tend to have too little
Mg and a supplement is often wise.
Susan does not know it either and has consistently misrepresented the
Mg/Ca ratio of the magdelay I had suggested be used as a supplement
for muscular dystrophy. It is quite safe.
The FDA is also involved here. They have disallowed the production of
a MgCl tablet that does not also have calcium. So to get MgCl in USA
you HAVE to get calcium with it - no choice in that matter. It is
still worthwhile to use MgCl and not another form of Mg.
Trying to get MgCl alone even from a compounding pharmacy on RX, is
also not so easy since it is not stable and absorbs water from the
air. So tablets do not stay tablets for long. Even with calcium added
(which helps stabilize) and the use of magnesium chloride hexahydrate
as in the supplement I suggested, they can quite easily have a breach
in the coating and absorb water.
Research on Mg/Ca ratios is also a problem. It has to be seen in
context and often it is research that ignores relevant factors, such
as the Vit K in the diet to keep calcium in bone, and such as the
food eaten with the Ca or Mg in that Mg is absorbed better in absence
of fat and Ca is absorbed better in presence of fat.
So one can manipulate the situation by what is eaten with the
supplement. For myself, I do not need the amount of Ca added, but it
does no harm, based on long-term results. The important thing is to
get enough MgCl.
There are a lot of stories (including from allopaths) about kidney
damage from either magnesium or calcium or potassium - or ratios of
these - all of which supplements I use in huge doses - and which are
not causative of kidney damage at all. I'm 60 yrs old and have
supplemented these since I was a child, with no kidney harm.
The reason for LACK of harm is that I absolutely insist on Mg Cl and
not other forms of Mg, and also Potassium chloride and not other
forms of potassium. It must be the chloride form to be safe and helpful.
If you look at ALL the research as a whole, and not at a few faulty
items that leave out important factors - they show that kidney damage
supposedly from potassium for example, is never associated with
potassium chloride *unless* it is taken with blood pressure
medication that wastes potassium (and the potassium was supplied for
that reason, to try to undo the potassium wasting caused by the
drug). SO if you put all the research together - it is clear that the
BP drug and not the potassium supplement, is the common factor in
kidney damage. At least it is clear to anyone reading ALL the
research and correlating it. Seems not to be a popular pastime:-)
My own doctors and specialists keep testing my kidney function
expecting the high supplements to cause damage and yet my prediction
that they will find none is always borne out. So when a supplement of
Mg is needed - then it is right IMO to take MgCl and not some other
form - even though it comes with some calcium - as long as there is
plenty of both, any excess is excreted,
The problem arises when one is supplied in great excess and not the
other - and then excretion is tricky as Ca and Mg BOTH have to be
present to excrete either of them appropriately. For example a lack
of Mg can lead to excess Ca not being excreted, causing calcium build
up in blood serum and resulting in bladder stones etc......
The other important thing allopathy does not understand about kidneys
(and usually gets backwards) is their need for high quality protein
in high quantity - especially when damaged. Fish oil and Vit E also
are good (to undo any damage).
It is often cats (and dogs) who teach us all about mammalian kidneys
and what's good for them. Cat kidneys are very prone to damage and
kidney failure is the leading cause of death among medical causes, in
cats. While vets claim kidney damage is not reversible, many cases
later I claim the opposite. I use the same principles that work with
cats, to keep my own kidneys healthy against the odds of my illness
and the predictions of the allopaths:-) This is all based on good
research findings. I did not do the actual research myself - I am
just using it - and sharing it here for folks to use or not as they
see fit.
Namaste,
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."
